Published by The Hill on September 3, 2019 By Allen Pratt As students across the country head back to school this season, our policymakers in Washington need to remember that at least 6.5 million students will return to the classroom stuck on the wrong side of the digital divide. Today, 70 percent of teachers assign homework that requires a broadband …

Published by Pilot-Tribune & Enterprise on May 30, 2019 The job market is rapidly changing, thanks to new and emerging technologies. As a result, job training has become highly specialized, even at the high school level. While young people living in urban and suburban communities often benefit from on-site access to the specialized education that they will need for future …

(May 21, 2019) – We are living in the information age, a time where technology is rapidly growing and integrating itself into every aspect of our lives. But what happens when you don’t have access? You are left struggling to keep up. This Digital Divide has become a big issue in our public schools system. So how did this come about? …

Published by Greenville News on April 16th, 2019 COLUMBIA — U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn was meeting with farmers about disaster relief when one Chester County resident shared a story about a different kind of disaster unfolding in rural South Carolina. The man told the Columbia Democrat schoolchildren in his small town are driven to the library after hours so they …